Authentic Happiness

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 2011

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is one of the world's leading researchers in positive psychology. As the director of the Quality of Life Research Center, he specializes in research on psychological strengths of the human brain. He is known as the creator of the concept of 'flow', a satisfactory
state of being in which people feel completely absorbed in activity while losing their sense of time.

by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 2014

• What really makes us glad to be alive?
• What are the inner experiences that make life worthwhile?
• When do we experience ‘flow’ – a state of joy, creativity and total involvement?
• What does the research show about the beneficial effects of ‘flow’ on our happiness and wellbeing?
• How can we actively bring ‘flow’ into our lives at work, at play and in our relationships?
• Learning to live in harmony with ourselves, our society and the greater universe.

Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, USA, one of the greatest psychologists of our time, pioneering researcher into optimal experience or ‘flow’ and best-selling author of Flow: The classic work on how to achieve happiness

by Ed Diener, 2014

Produced and Conducted by Michael B. Frisch
Ed Diener
World Authority on Happiness Research
Senior Research Scientist in the Gallup Institute for Global Well-Being

by Ed Diener, 2012

by Ed Diener, 2014

by Ed Diener, 2013

- Why is happiness important?
- What contributes to happiness personally and in society?
- What are the positive outcomes associated with increased levels of happiness?
- Is there an optimal level of happiness?

Professor Ed Diener, world's foremost expert on the science of happiness and life satisfaction, Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois, USA

From Government Executive, February 3, 2015

From The Atlantic, January 30, 2015

From TIME, January 28, 2015

This is a large database of researchers in Positive Psychology, including their website and area of research.